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Guest Post: Blessed Are They Who Are Persecuted for the Sake of Righteousness (This Little Light of Mine Blog Tour, Week SO MUCH TO SAY, SO LITTLE TIME - May 21, 2013 ... and discernment into the diaconate. Ultimately my wife and I devoted 5 years of time, talent, treasure and prayer seeking ordination. Along the way, and separate from the diaconate formation, our diocese recognized that I as a physician and my wife as a former OB nurse would be ideal candidates for training as NFP instructors. We spent a year of Sunday nights, several hours each of those nights, taking the online course and ultimately becoming certified. December 2012 as our final classes in ...http://kathleenbasi.com/2013/05/21/guest-post-persecuted/
Other Pontifical Acts VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 20, 2013 ... resignation from the pastoral care of the same patriarchy the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit. - Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach as apostolic nuncio to the Solomon Islands. Archbishop Banach, titular of Memphis, is also apostolic nuncio to Papua New Guinea. - Bishop Jozef Piotr Kupny as archbishop of Wroclaw (area 8,850, population 1,200,300, Catholics 1,153,600, priests 858, religious 1,204), Poland. Archbishop-elect Kupny, previously auxiliary of Katowice and ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/other-pontifical-acts_20.html
Catholic Population Surges Across the Global South CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 19, 2013 ... deacons worldwide, a 40 percent increase over the past decade. The vast majority of them -- 97.4 percent -- live in the Americas or in Europe. According to Maureen Tilley of Fordham University, the diaconate is becoming increasingly appealing to "older 'second-career' men" as younger men remain reluctant to take the vow of celibacy required by the priesthood. "The number of second-career vocations has been booming not just among Catholics but also among U.S. Protestants," she ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/catholic-population-surges-across.html
Evening Roundup - Pentecost Sunday (Whitsunday) - Dominica Pentecostes - Missa 'Spiritus Domini' - May 19th, 2013 TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - May 19, 2013 ... Vanities (Fr. Martin Fox) > ;> ; My new posting Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) > ;> ; How to Speak with an Atheist Friend or Loved One Catholic Education Resource Center > ;> ; Pentecost (FATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER) First Thoughts > ;> ; Good-Bye to All That? (Mark Movsesian) ( "When one looks only at the native born [British], the percentage of people who describe themselves as Christians has fallen by an even greater amount–by 15% in the space of one decade." ) ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/05/evening-roundup-pentecost-sunday.html
Preparing for Priesthood (T-42 Days) IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SAINTS - May 18, 2013 All of these men will be ordained Catholic Priests in the Summer of 2013 in the United States and Australia. The last year has been full of tremendous blessings and graces. It seems like it was just weeks ago that I was ordained a deacon and now, seven months later, I am making the final preparations before being ordained a priest. In just 42 days, I will be presented to Archbishop Paul S. Coakley at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City. This special ...http://brianbcatholic.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/preparing-for-priesthood-t-42-days/
Maureen Mancuso Earned a Master's Degree in Divinity in 1996 From the Jesuit School of Theology GOOD JESUIT, BAD JESUIT - May 15, 2013 Excommunicated Catholic Maureen Mancuso A Catholic from birth, Maureen Mancuso has always felt compelled to minister for the Roman Catholic "We feel the call by God, and God for us is a higher authority," she said. "I think the church has to recognize that it does have the power to ordain women, and that women can be woven into the tradition." Mancuso, 59, of San Ramon, is a member of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests, ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ZlcTj/~3/u8wnbI-_jm8/maureen-mancuso-earned-masters-degree.html
The Church by the Numbers 2013 COMMUNIO - May 15, 2013 ... already known, the Church is diminishing in Europe and growing in Asia and Africa. General statistics: From 2010 to 2011, the number of bishops increased from 5,104 to 5,132; The steady increase in the number of priests which began in the year 2000 has continued. From 412,236 priests in 2010 to 413,418 in 2011; The number of permanent deacons registered a strong increase: from 29,000 in 2001 to 41,000 in 2011; Candidates for the priesthood, diocesan and religious, have ...http://communio.stblogs.org/2013/05/the-church-by-the-numbers-2013.html
Preventing Sexual Abuse: "...A Race Without a Finish..." A CATHOLIC CITIZEN IN AMERICA - May 15, 2013 Civil authority comes with responsibility. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1897 - 1904 ) The stakes are much higher for priests. (Catechism, 553 , 1348 , 1448 , 2686 ) One of the world's 407,000 or so Catholic priests misusing their position and authority would be one too many. That said, the recurring pedophile priest story, as presented on old-school news media, is a trifle - - - imaginative. Sex, Love, and Neighbors " Abuse report finds few ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ACatholicCitizenInAmerica/~3/i-vOPJ8oSJE/preventing-sexual-abuse-race-without.html
Other Pontifical Acts VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 14, 2013 ... of Temuco (area 17,474, population 596,000, Catholics 386,000, priests 71, permanent deacons 41, religious 162), Chile. Bishop Vargas Bastidas, previously of San Marcos de Arica, Chile, was born in Valdivia, Los Rios, Chile, was ordained to the priesthood in 1980, and received episcopal ordination in 2004. He was national president of the Private Schools Association (FIDE) and a representative of the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) to the United ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/other-pontifical-acts_14.html
The Seven Mysteries of the Orthodox & Catholic Church CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 14, 2013 In the twelfth century, theologian Peter Lombard listed seven sacraments, all of which have been accepted by the Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches of today. While Catholics only recognize these seven, the Orthodox Church - which refers to them as Mysteries - teaches that anything that is done through the church and brings people closer to God is sacramental. Baptism and Confirmation Both Catholics and the Orthodox use baptism to bring people into the church. ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-seven-mysteries-of-orthodox.html
2013 Pontifical Yearbook: Permanent Diaconate Booms in Europe, U.S. NEWS.VA - May 13, 2013 ... number of baptized Catholics distributed across the continents is: 16.0% in Africa, 48.8% in the Americas, 10.9% in Asia, 23.5% in Europe and 0.8% in Oceania. The number of bishops in the world increased, from 2010 to 2011, from 5,104 to 5,132, with a relative increase of 0.55%. The increase particularly involved, Oceania (4.6%) and Africa (+1.0%), while Asia and Europe are slightly above the global average. America did not register any changes. Given these different dynamics, however, the ...http://www.news.va/en/news/2013-pontifical-yearbook-permanent-diaconate-booms
Presentation of Pontifical Yearbook 2013 VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 13, 2013 ... diocese and two apostolic exarchates were elevated to the rank of eparchies. The statistical information, which refers to the year 2011, reveals details about the Catholic Church in the 2,979 ecclesiastical circumscriptions around the planet. The number of Catholics in the world increased from 1.196 million in 2010 to 1.214 million in 2011, an increase of eighteen million faithful, corresponding to a growth of 1.5%. Over the last three years the presence of baptised Catholics ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/presentation-of-pontifical-yearbook-2013.html
North American Forum on the Catechumenate and Its Gift to Me GOTTA SING GOTTA PRAY - May 9, 2013 ... the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. Perhaps you read the article in the National Catholic Reporter. Many colleagues with whom I have ministered through the institutes offered by Forum over the past twenty-five years have shared their own sadness. I have become a bit melancholy about it all and began to wonder just where Forum's institutes have taken me over the years. And here is a list of dioceses that I can recall: In the United States: Arlington, VA Atlanta, GA ...http://gottasinggottapray.blogspot.com/2013/05/north-american-forum-on-catechumenate.html
From Dyson Spheres to Cat Herding PERSPECTIVE - May 8, 2013 ... You Really Know? . Picard asks, "Mr. Data, could this be a Dyson sphere?" ... - The Tablet on women deacons ... The Catholic Women's Association in Germany (Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund, KDFB), which has around 220,000 members nationwide, has questioned a proposal for a special deacon's office for women. Last week Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, president of the German bishops' conference, floated the idea of an office for women that would not require ...http://povcrystal.blogspot.com/2013/05/from-dyson-spheres-to-cat-herding.html
San Ramon Woman to Be Ordained Priest, Angering Catholic Church CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 8, 2013 A Catholic from birth, Maureen Mancuso has always felt compelled to minister for the Roman Catholic Church. Now, she's facing excommunication for what she will do Saturday: become the first woman of her faith ordained a priest in Northern California. "We feel the call by God, and God for us is a higher authority," she said. "I think the church has to recognize that it does have the power to ordain women, and that women can be woven into the tradition." ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/san-ramon-woman-to-be-ordained-priest.html
Saint's Names of the Day - Ava and Gregory SPIRITUAL WOMAN - May 7, 2013 The two featured names of the day on the Ave Maria Press Facebook Catholic Baby Name Contest are "Ava" and "Gregory" - in honor of this I thought I'd feature a little bit more about these names here: Ava is a name of Hebrew origin and is one of the top 100 most popular names. It's meaning is "life" Variations of the name include Aeva, Avada, Avae, Avah, Ave, Aveen, and Avis . St. Ava (ninth century) was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/SPBgN/~3/8jf2aN4BxB8/saints-names-of-day-ava-and-gregory.html
Covert Euthanasia CATHOLIC FAITH AND REFLECTIONS - May 7, 2013 http://bob.yerhot.org/2013/05/covert-euthanasia/
Thoughts and Afterthoughts 5.7.13 IN SPIRITU ET VERITATE - May 7, 2013 · The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn launched a campaign this month, proclaiming Jesus Christ to be "The Original Hipster." The ads appear at bus stations and on phone kiosks in Brooklyn and Queens. There is no explanation to this mysterious statement. But there are "hipster" red Converse shoes peeking out of the Savior's robe, his feet arranged in a nonchalant "hipster" manner as if he's resting after turning water intoPBR. When I first saw this I said "What the hey!" ...http://inspirituetveritate.blogspot.com/2013/05/thoughts-and-afterthoughts-5713.html
'Women Give the Catholic Church a Future' CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 4, 2013 Catholic women are determined to achieve equality in the lay section of the church - and say the move made by Germany's top bishop this week when he said the idea of women deacons was no longer taboo, was not enough. Ute Hücker, spokeswoman for the German Catholic Women's Association (KDFB) told The Local it was important that the church reflected modern life in the rest of the world - and recognized the work conducted by women for ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/women-give-catholic-church-future.html
The Inner Circle Winners for the 'Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages' Book DR. TAYLOR MARSHALL CANTERBURY TALES - May 4, 2013 ... just went with my gut. I went with the messages that just seemed unusual and different. I gravitated to the people who wrote really personal emails and shared their personal stories with me. If you didn't get chosen, no worries. I'll definitely do this again for the next book (it's on the Virgin Mary - due in August) so please stay tuned. I'd like to work with all of you eventually. I also have also recently completed a Young Adult Novel on Saint George. I'd like to gather an Inner Circle of ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/taylormarshall/~3/UaXbk6VjNJs/the-inner-circle-winners-for-thomas.html
